Flame and smoke billow from a home on Marcus L. Butler Drive just south of Jayne Avenue in west Jackson Tuesday evening after a plane crashed into the residence shortly after 5 p.m.

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The Clarion-Ledger

A Ridgeland man piloting a small plane and his two passengers died when the aircraft crashed into a west Jackson home early Tuesday evening.

The single-engine aircraft struck the home of Loretta and Roosevelt Jamison of 220 Marcus L. Butler Drive, just off West Capitol Street near the Jackson Zoo, shortly after 5 p.m. when it experienced engine trouble minutes after leaving nearby Hawkins Field.

Loretta Jamison, who was in the home, escaped by jumping out a window, her relatives said. Roosevelt Jamison wasn't home at the time. ...